WeGotThisCovered asked about the status of Kill Bill 3 to Quentin Tarantino who didn't give the impression it's actually going to happen. His response sounds a bit troublesome for Kill Bill fans expecting a final installment. Yet for Tarantino fans we know to expect this from him. He had previously tried to make a Vega Brothers (Pulp Fiction/Reservoir Dogs spin-off) film which never happened. There was even talk of an Inglorious Basterds sequel/prequel before Django was chosen as the next film. This could mean that Quentin is going to focus on other ideas he's been trying to put together instead of making something he's already done.
“I don’t know if there’s ever going to be a Kill Bill. Vol 3. We’ll see, probably not though.”
He's been talking up his 30's era gangster film recently and could very well be next for him. Tarantino has previously stated he wants to direct 10 films then retire. This could mean that he's going to axe sequels if a project captures his interest. A similar way how Django Unchained ended up becoming his follow up to Inglorious Basterds. I wouldn't be shocked to see him choose his last two-three (depending if Kill Bill 1-2 is considered one film) projects more carefully if they're going to be this successful commercially and critically. Quentin being more posed to earn awards for original material rather than rehashing with sequels. He's also talked up making a traditional western and I would assume he'd also want to make a samurai film at some point too.
Quentin Tarantino's eighth film Django Unchained will be finally released on Christmas Day but it's currently unknown what's next for the writer/director. He's currently mulling over a couple of projects including an adaptation of Len Deighton's spy novels and is writing Kill Bill 3 (maybe Kill Bill 4 as well). However, one that Quentin has mentioned more recently is a Pretty Boy Floyd-like 30's gangster film. It had been mentioned that he would make another film before production starts on Kill Bill 3. BleedingCool has word that Quentin brought up the project again while speaking at BAFTA.
"I could conceive maybe someday doing a 30′s gangster picture, or something like that. I could think of doing another western, actually."
Tarantino has been hinting about a Christoph Waltz trilogy assuming that Basterds and Django being the first two installments. Could this gangster film be the end for his Waltz trilogy? We know that Deadwood greatly inspired Django Unchained as Quentin hired a bunch of actors from the show and even used their old sets. I have a good feeling that Boardwalk Empire starring Reservoir Dogs' Steve Buscemi is giving Tarantino a bunch of ideas for this gangster film. He's also waxed poetic on Sergio Leone's Once Upon A Time In America which is considered the gem of the genre.
Quentin has stated he would be only making ten films before walking into the sunset and retire from directing. It's unknown how serious he is about that statement but you never know with him. He may decide to scrap plans for Kill Bill 3 and make passion projects instead.
Quentin Tarantino has stated to TotalFilm (via ThePlaylist) that his films Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained are apart of a trilogy. While he doesn't state what the next installment is it's very likely actor Christoph Waltz will have a role in it. The main theme of the last two pictures has been period pieces and which could hint to what is next. There has been talk of Quentin wanting to make a Pretty Boy Floyd-type gangster film. If I had to bet what was next for Tarantino it would be shooting this gangster film before rolling on the untitled sequel to Kill Bill.
"'Inglourious Basterds' and 'Django Unchained' bespeak a trilogy," the director says. "As different as they are, there is a companion piece quality. There might very well be a third one. I just don’t know what it is yet.”
MTV has the official word from actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Looper, Dark Knight Rises) that he is indeed dropping out of Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained which settles the rumors. He was set to play one of the Australian slave-traders that originally kidnap and sell Django (Foxx) and Brunhilda (Washingting) to Calvin Candie (DiCaprio). Instead Joseph is embarking on his directorial debut with Don Jon's Addiction that he'll star alongside Scarlett Johansson. While this might be upsetting to both fans of Joe and Quentin alike it's likely he'll end up in another Tarantino film down the line.
This news strikes me similar to the original casting choice of Hans Landa set for Leonardo DiCaprio which also didn't pan out. Later, DiCaprio would sign on for the villainous role of Calvin Candie in Tarantino's southern Django Unchained. The role changed worked out for the better as Christoph Waltz earned and an Oscar with DiCaprio posed to possibly win one of his own depending on the performance given and critical reactions to it. There are plenty of future films Quentin wants to make and I wouldn't be shocked to see Joseph Gordon-Levitt offered some lead roles.
KILL BILL 3-4 (KILL KIDDO): The Kiddo saga hasn't been completely told as Quentin Tarantino is set to make two more installments. This time featuring Kiddo and Beebe on the wrong end of revenge ten years after the events of the second film. It's possible that Gordon-Levitt could end up playing the son of Bud or Bill seeking to kill Kiddo. Leading him to team-up with a grown-up Nikki, blind swordswoman (ala Zatoichi) Elle Driver and the surviving members of the Crazy 88s. There had been talk of the project either filming or being released in 2014.
GANGSTER PROJECT: Among the projects Tarantino was considering post-Inglourious Basterds was a re-imagining of a 1920-30s era "Pretty Boy Floyd" type gangster film. Echoing his love for Sergio Leone's Once Upon A Time In America, Brian De Palma's The Untouchables and a bunch of other classic gangster films from the genre. Seemingly this untitled film would be set in the United States likely around Chicago and New York. This seems like the best film to see JGL take a larger role in since it would be a rather large ensemble.
LEN DEIGHTON SPY TRILOGY: Quentin had been approached to direct Casino Royale only to turn it down because he wanted Pierce Brosnan back in the role of Bond. When the producers were eager to find a new Bond leading them to hire Daniel Craig and bring back Goldeneye director Martin Campbell. It had been reported that Tarantino was mulling over adapting Len Deighton's novels Berlin Game, Mexico Set and London Match into a trilogy of films. The massive success of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and it's sequel in development seems like the genre is prime for Quentin to give his own take on it.
He also stated that he'd love to work with UK actors like Kate Winslet, Simon Pegg, Anthony Hopkins and Michael Caine. Pegg had been originally been cast as British soldier Lt. Archie Hicox in Inglourious Basterds. Only to see the role go to Michael Fassbender when Pegg had to dropout himself. Considering JGL was going to use an Aussie accent in Django Unchained it's not much of a stretch to see him try a British one in these films.
"The story takes place in the Cold War and follows a spy name Bernard Samson. What is attractive is the really great characters and the wonderful opportunities of British and German casting."
Uma Thurman has a special relationship with Quentin Tarantino as together they came up with the concept for the Kill Bill films. So if anyone would know what is next for Tarantino it would be her as Kill Bill 3 is currently in development with Uma returning. Uma talked to HollywoodOutbreak giving confirmation that the script for his slave-themed western A Southern is finished. It was previously announced that Tarantino had a western film in the works with a script soon to be completed and would start production within the year. It was rumored to be shooting on location in Spain and Italy.
“I think he has a script ready to start of a new film, ‘A Southern’, I think it’s really exciting. It’s another new story and a fresh piece of material that he is channeling at the moment. So I think ‘Kill Bill’ lives down the road.”
A Southern was previously talked up by Tarantino as a slave-themed Spaghetti Western. It also sounds similar to his Inglourious Basterds prequel focusing on a group of African-American soldiers. I expect this film could be a mix of both projects involving a group of black heroes taking down slave owners and the Klan. Christoph Waltz has been rumored for a role so if this is true he very well could end up in another villainous role.
"I want to explore something that really hasn't been done....I want to do movies that deal with America's horrible past with slavery and stuff but do them like spaghetti westerns, not like big issue movies. I want to do them like they're genre films, but they deal with everything that America has never dealt with because it's ashamed of it, and other countries don't really deal with because they don't feel they have the right to."
"I'd like to do a Western. But rather than set it in Texas, have it in slavery times. With that subject that everybody is afraid to deal with. Let's shine that light on ourselves......You could do a ponderous history lesson of slaves escaping on the Underground Railroad. Or, you could make a movie that would be exciting. Do it as an adventure. A spaghetti Western that takes place during that time. And I would call it A Southern."
